View synonyms for give-up

give-up

[ giv-uhp ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

something conceded or relinquished; concession:
Labor has balked at any more give-ups in the contract talks.
Stock Exchange.
1. a commission shared among two or more stockbrokers.
2. a part of a commission that constitutes a single such share.

give up

to abandon hope (for)
tr to renounce (an activity, belief, etc)
I have given up smoking
tr to relinquish or resign from
he gave up the presidency
tr; usually reflexive to surrender
the escaped convict gave himself up
tr to reveal or disclose (information)
intr to admit one's defeat or inability to do something
tr; often passive or reflexive to devote completely (to)
she gave herself up to caring for the sick

Origin of give-up¹

First recorded in 1965–70; noun use of verb phrase give up

Of course it almost never happens,” she adds, “but people should not give up.

However, he asked her to give up her career as a political journalist—she subsequently became a book critic.

There is no indication that either side is going to give up.

And we all know how long Rick has spent agonizing over how much of his old self to give up in order to stay alive.

He gave up because he was caught and he had no choice but to give up.

If you have any thoughts of influencing me or my men to join the regular Confederate army, you may as well give up the idea.

But the Mexicans were not the people to give up their best province so easily.

Sometimes he would try to drive them away; but on being remonstrated with, would bewilderedly give up the attempt.

I give up Kullak and my concert plan, thinking I'll study with Deppe and come out under his auspices.

To lose a breath of the public approbation in his present state, were to give up fatally the only stay on which he rested.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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